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Missouri constitutional amendment would ban local gun laws, limit minors' access to firearms
(State News ~ 09/11/23)
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Democratic stronghold of St. Louis and other cities in the Republican-leaning state of Missouri would be blocked from cracking down on guns under a newly proposed constitutional amendment. A petition for a November 2024 vote on the proposal, filed last week, also would require parents' permission for minors to use and carry firearms. Missouri currently has no age restrictions on gun use and possession, although federal law largely prohibits minors from carrying handguns...
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Cruisin' Uptown Jackson
(Local News ~ 09/11/23)
Darrin Tipton, left, and his son, Carter, 6, of Jackson look inside the hood of a Honda S 2000 coupe at the final Cruisin' Uptown Jackson car show of the season Saturday, Sept. 9, on Barton Street next to the roundabout. ...
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Cape man charged with terroristic threatening
(Local News ~ 09/11/23)
A Cape Girardeau man is in custody after allegedly making a terroristic threat involving a school. A social media post from Cape Girardeau Police Department states Patrick Rayford, 58, has been charged with first-degree terroristic threatening, a felony, after he allegedly said he would return to a school in the 1000 block of Linden Street and “start shooting”. The alleged threat occurred about noon Friday, Sept. 8...
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Drought almost gone from three-county area
(Business ~ 09/11/23)
Drought conditions have eased in Southeast Missouri, with zero drought found in Cape Girardeau and Perry counties this past week and abnormally dry conditions still reported only in western Scott County, according to the Drought Monitor Missouri map released Thursday, Sept. 7...
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Retail development in Jackson encouraging, sales tax receipts markedly up
(Business ~ 09/11/23)
The nation's second president, John Adams — in what may be an apocryphal quote — is alleged to have once said, "Facts are stubborn things. Whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."...
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Quarry bringing limestone mining back to Scott City
(Local News ~ 09/11/23)
For nearly a century, the curve of the Mississippi River just east of Scott City was a hotbed for limestone mining. In 1998, mining stopped. Now, production is back on as the new Grays Point Stone and Materials quarry aims to revitalize the industry in the region...
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SEMO's See Me Series to feature award-winning documentary
(Local News ~ 09/11/23)
The third annual See Me Series will feature the award-winning documentary "Teacher of Patience" on Sunday, Sept. 17, at Southeast Missouri State University. The film follows the family of Emily Felter, who was diagnosed with Down syndrome. Emily's father, Tom Felter, is a paramedic who developed a presentation that teaches first responders and the greater community about individuals with disabilities, such as his daughter...
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Scott City police chief Rick Walter retires
(Local News ~ 09/11/23)
Rick Walter, Scott City's police chief for the last 18 months and a former longtime Scott County sheriff, has retired. According to city administrator Dustin Whitworth, Walter turned in a retirement letter to be effective at the end of September but due to unused leave time, he has already vacated the position...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/11/23)
Today is Monday, Sept. 11, the 254th day of 2023. There are 111 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed as 19 al-Qaida hijackers seized control of four jetliners, sending two of the planes into New York's World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon and the fourth into a field in western Pennsylvania...
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Prayer 9-11-23
(Prayer ~ 09/11/23)
O Lord God, may we and our country's leaders seek wisdom from you. Amen.
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It really can happen here
(Column ~ 09/11/23)
Almost a hundred years ago, the great American author Sinclair Lewis wrote a political novel called "It Can't Happen Here". The 1935 book was a warning that what was happening then in Europe — the rise of fascism and Nazism — could come to America in the form of a Hitler-type politician who gets elected and then becomes a dictator...
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Giving the whispered conversations of women a full voice
(Column ~ 09/11/23)
An essay collection I've contributed to was released this month and I'm a bit nervous. It's not my first contribution to a book. It's not even my first essay in this flash nonfiction book series, but I'm anxious just the same. Let me explain. The book is called "Fast Fallen Women", and it's edited by feminist scholar and humorist Gina Barreca, Ph.D. ...
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Trashing the Constitution just to get Trump
(Column ~ 09/11/23)
Innocent until proven guilty. That's a fundamental right in America, at least until now. Anti-Trump groups determined to disqualify the leading Republican candidate for president are urging state election officials across the U.S. to remove Donald Trump from the ballot, claiming he's an "insurrectionist." They're citing an arcane clause in the 14th Amendment, written after the Civil War, that disqualifies anyone who "engaged in insurrection" against the United States from holding public office...
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Motorcycle, car shows are fun events to check out in downtown Cape
(Editorial ~ 09/11/23)
If you like cool cars and motorcycles, there are a couple of events that should be on radar this month. The Motorcycle Cannonball is scheduled to stop Tuesday, Sept. 12, in Cape Girardeau. The public can stop by the John Boardman Pavilion on South Main Street from 4 to 6:30 p.m. ...
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Notable quote
(Business ~ 09/11/23)
This major river bridge is vital to agricultural traffic, area industries and travelers. ...
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Cape Girardeau business licenses
(Business ~ 09/11/23)
City of Cape Girardeau Community Development received one application for a business license: ...
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Cape Girardeau, Jackson chambers news
(Business ~ 09/11/23)
Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce will sponsor three ribbon-cuttings this week ...
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Former Cape Girardeau radio host joins NPR
(Business ~ 09/11/23)
Carol Daniel, who used to be on-air talent for Cape Girardeau's KZIM Radio before embarking on a long broadcasting career in St. Louis, is headed to public broadcasting. Daniel, who worked for KZIM in the 1980s and early 1990s before joining KMOX Radio in St. Louis in 1995, has announced via X -- formerly known as Twitter -- that she is joining St. Louis-based Nine PBS as senior producer and host...
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CTA's Kelley Watson elected to state agency
(Business ~ 09/11/23)
Kelley Watson of Cape Girardeau County Transit Authority (CTA), was elected Wednesday, Sept. 6, to the board of directors of Missouri Public Transit Authority. Watson is CTA's accounting manager and has been on the authority's leadership team for more than a decade...
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Cape Girardeau couple honored by pet trade group
(Business ~ 09/11/23)
Chris Heisserer and Stacy Busch-Heisserer of Cape Girardeau's Busch Pet Products, 2031 Cape LaCroix Road, Suite 106, have been honored by Pet Product News International. The couple was noted for "customer service and engagement", and the business will be featured in a future issue of PPN's magazine...
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Century Casino Cape Girardeau names hotel manager
(Business ~ 09/11/23)
Loren Ramirez has been named manager of the new $26 million Century Casino hotel in Cape Girardeau, due to open in the first half of 2024. Before assuming his current position Aug. 24, Ramirez worked in management for Drury Hotels for the past eight years...
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Farm to Table event held in Jackson
(Business ~ 09/11/23)
Jackson Mayor Dwain Hahs with his granddaughter, Macey Gerard, aged 10 months, at Uptown Jackson Revitalization Organization's inaugural Farm to Table event on South High Street on Thursday, Sept. 7, in Jackson. ...
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Coffee franchise offering free java during September
(Business ~ 09/11/23)
Scooter's Coffee is offering customers a free coffee every day this month as part of an overall promotion saluting National Coffee Day on Sept. 29. Any size coffee that is medium or dark roast is complimentary, limited to one cup per person, per visit, while supplies last during September...
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Jackson insurance business builds new offices
(Business ~ 09/11/23)
Golden Rule Insurance Associates, 2519 E. Jackson Blvd. in Jackson, will move to more spacious offices along Highway 25 early next year. GRIA, first established in 2009 in Patton, Missouri, moved to the Cape Girardeau County seat town in 2012 and will relocate to a new 8,700-square-foot facility at 1600 S. Hope St. in February...
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Gas prices are level
(Business ~ 09/11/23)
Motor fuel prices at the end of summer are holding mainly steady despite what industry analysts call continued uncertainty in market conditions. U.S. average for regular gas was at $3.82 on Saturday, Sept. 9, level with the price from one month ago...
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IRS targeting wealthy taxpayers for payment
(Business ~ 09/11/23)
IRS commissioner Danny Werfel said Friday, Sept. 8, Internal Revenue Service will pursue an estimated 1,600 U.S. millionaires believed to owe at least $250,000 each to the U.S. Treasury. Werfel called it an expanded push to make sure wealthy taxpayers pay their fair share...
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Vickie Koenig
(Obituary ~ 09/11/23)
Vickie Lynn Koenig, 67, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, at her home. She was born Feb. 17, 1956, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Robert Lee and Mary Dell Dickerson Penrod. She and Terry Koenig were married April 24, 1971, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. He survives...
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Ebert Bowen
(Obituary ~ 09/11/23)
Ebert L. Bowen, 62, of Burfordville passed away Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, at his home. He was born July 25, 1961, in Chicago to Thomas L. and Betty Jo Thornton Bowen. He and Lisa Proffer were married Aug. 15, 1983, in Burfordville. Three daughters were born to their union: Jessica, Leslie and Robyn...
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Food recalls pretty common for things such as rocks, insects, plastic
(National News ~ 09/11/23)
Rocks in Trader Joe's cookies. Insects in its broccoli-cheese soup. Pieces of plastic in Banquet frozen chicken strips. In recent weeks, U.S. consumers have seen high-profile food recalls for an unappetizing reason: They're contaminated with foreign objects that have no place on a dinner plate. And while no one wants to bite down on stainless steel in peanut butter or bone fragments in smoked sausage, this type of contamination is one of the top reasons for food recalls in the U.S...
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AI tech behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa -- with lots of water
(National News ~ 09/11/23)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- The cost of building an artificial intelligence product such as ChatGPT can be hard to measure. But one thing Microsoft-backed OpenAI needed for its technology was plenty of water, pulled from the watershed of the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers in central Iowa to cool a powerful supercomputer as it helped teach its AI systems how to mimic human writing...
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Escaped murderer still at large slips out of search area, steals van, tries to contact ex-coworkers
(National News ~ 09/11/23)
PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. -- Authorities say an escaped murderer who has eluded capture since breaking out of a southeastern Pennsylvania prison a week and a half ago slipped out of the search area, changed his appearance, stole a dairy delivery van, abandoning it miles away and remained at large...
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Moroccans sleep in streets for 3rd night after earthquake that took more than 2,100 lives
(International News ~ 09/11/23)
AMIZMIZ, Morocco -- People in Morocco slept in the streets of Marrakech for a third straight night as soldiers and international aid teams in trucks and helicopters began to fan into remote mountain towns hit hardest by a historic earthquake. The disaster killed more than 2,100 people -- a number that is expected to rise -- and the United Nations estimated that 300,000 people were affected by Friday night's magnitude 6.8 quake...
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Updated COVID shots are coming. They're part of a trio of vaccines to block fall viruses
(National News ~ 09/11/23)
WASHINGTON -- Updated COVID-19 vaccines are coming soon, just in time to pair them with flu shots. And this fall, the first vaccines for another virus called RSV are rolling out to older adults and pregnant women. Doctors hope enough people get vaccinated to help avert another "tripledemic" like last year when hospitals were overwhelmed with an early flu season, an onslaught of RSV -- or respiratory syncytial virus -- and yet another winter coronavirus surge...
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Out of the past: Sept. 11
(Out of the Past ~ 09/11/23)
ShopKo Stores Inc. of Green Bay, Wisconsin, will move into stores previously occupied by Venture in Cape Girardeau's West Park Mall and Paducah's Kentucky Oaks Mall; the company, which has 147 stores in 16 states, will open 13 stores next year. President Bill Clinton should resign if Congress has evidence to impeach him, says U.S. ...
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